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MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD, OPETH, ARCH ENEMY Featured On 'Gigantour 2' DVD

MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD, OPETH and ARCH ENEMY are among the artists featured on the "Gigantour 2" DVD, due on April 22, 2008 via Image Entertainment. The disc — which was recorded last year's during the second installment of MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine's traveling heavy metal festival — will featur...

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DREAM THEATER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2007

Members of DREAM THEATER, OPETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are among the Roadrunner Records artists whose favorite albums of 2007 have been posted on the Roadrunner web site at this location. A few musicians' selections can be found below. Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...

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AMERICAN ANGEL Mainman Comments On Band's Chart Success

New Jersey rockers AMERICAN ANGEL have sold 640 copies of their new album, "Vanity", in the United States since the CD's November 27 release via Chavis Records, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This figure was apparently high enough to land the group in the top position of Billboard's Top New Artist...

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OVERKILL Confirmed For Norway's INFERNO Festival

Legendary New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Inferno metal festival, set to take place March 19-22, 2008 at the Rockefeller and John Dee venues in Oslo, Noway. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: 1349 BEHEMOTH DESTRUCTION KRUX OVERKILL...

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VIKING SKULL: UK Dates Announced

Corby, U.K.-based old-school metallers VIKING SKULL have lined up a few shows in Scotland, England and Wales in January. It will be their first batch of dates featuring the band's latest additions, guitar player Jules Cooper and drummer Jess Margera. Jan. 23 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Barfly Jan. 24 - Yo...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Members To Guest On Tonight's 'Tinitus'

U.D.O./ex-ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider and two members of THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN were interviewed for this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing tonight (Wednesday, November 28) between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3. According to a press release for the progra...

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OVERKILL To Release 'Live At Wacken Open Air 2007' DVD In February

According to Headbanger's Blog, veteran New Jersey thrash band OVERKILL will release its second DVD, "Live at Wacken Open Air 2007", on February 5. The 50-minute disc was shot during the band’s headline set at the festival in front of an audience of 40,000, and will feature songs that span OVERKILL'...

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GOATWHORE And SICKENING HORROR Added To IMMOLATION Tour

New Orleans' GOATWHORE and Greece's SICKENING HORROR have been added to the upcoming European tour featuring IMMOLATION and MELECHESH. The trek is scheduled to kick off mid-March. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. On March 8, IMMOLATION will perform at the Metalmania Festival 2008 in Ka...

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SPEED\KILL/HATE Parts Ways With ESCAPI MUSIC; New Music Posted Online

Old-school thrashers SPEED\KILL/HATE, featuring OVERKILL guitarist Dave Linsk, have issued the following update: "SPEED\KILL/HATE have decided to part ways with Escapi Music. SPEED\KILL/HATE have been waiting on Escapi for many months now to release the new record. Due to uncertainess of Escapi and...

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Hear THE CURSED Guitarist DAN LORENZO Twice On The Radio This Saturday

THE CURSED/ex-HADES guitarist Dan Lorenzo has issued the following update: "This Saturday night [November 24] I'm on at 10:00 p.m. on 'The Metal Collection' with Rockin' Ron on Arrow 95.9 FM in Panama City, Florida, then at 11:00 p.m. EST you can hear me on 'The Classic Metal Show'. You can hear tha...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Confirmed For Poland's METALMANIA Festival

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN has been confirmed for the 2008 installment of the Metalmania festival. The 22nd edition of the festival — the biggest metal event in Central-Eastern Europe — will take place on March 8, 2008 at Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland. The billing is shaping up as follows: MEGADETH...

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HELLOWEEN Bassist To Release Heavy Rock Album With No Guitars

Frontiers Records will release the debut album from Markus Grosskopf's (HELLOWEEN) BASSINVADERS, entitled "Hellbassbeaters", on January 25, 2008. BASSINVADERS was a creation of Markus' while sitting in a bar and enjoying a few drinks. It was there that he got inspired to produce a heavy rock record...

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OVERKILL Frontman On 'The Classic Metal Show'; Audio Available

OVERKILL vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth was a featured guest on the November 10 edition of "The Classic Metal Show". Download the 20-minute interview at this location (MP3, 7 MB). OVERKILL recently completed a short tour in support of its new release, "Immortalis". The trek began on October 3 in E...

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MORTAL SIN, DRONE To Support OVERKILL In Europe

Australian thrash veterans MORTAL SIN and Germany's DRONE will support OVERKILL on their European tour between March 9 and March 21, 2008. The dates are as follows: Mar. 09 - DE München Backstage Mar. 10 - I Milano Alcatraz Mar. 11 - CH Zürich Rohstofflager Mar. 12 - DE Frankfurt Batschkapp Mar. 13...

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DESTRUCTOR Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Cleveland thrash metal legends DESTRUCTOR have been confirmed for next summer's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. "The opportunity of a lifetime", says DESTRUCTOR lead vocalist/guitarist Dave Overkill. "The band is very excited and looking forwa...